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high 7.8

CVE-2017-9300 json

plugins\codec\libflac_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption a…

published 2017-05-29 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-18236

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.4%
EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

plugins\codec\libflac_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted FLAC file.

Patch / fix

  • vlc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.2.6-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9300

  • vlc Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.4
  • vlc Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.4

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9300

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • vlc openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.0.16-1.5

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11502-1

  • vlc Arch Linux 2.2.7-1

arch linux advisories AVG-533

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-26-146-05 updated cvss 7.8

ABB Ability Camera Connect

  • ABB Ability Camera Connect <= 1.5.0.14
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation
  • ABB Ability Camera Connect 1.5.0.15
    fixed

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • code610.blogspot.com http://code610.blogspot.com/2017/04/multiple-crashes-in-vlc-224.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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